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Mees Jan1, Jacques Vanfleteren2 and Magda Vincx3

1	Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Vismijn, Pakhuizen 45-52, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium
E-mail: info@vliz.be

2	Universiteit Gent, Vakgroep Biologie, Afdeling Verouderingsfysiologie, Celfysiologie en Moleculaire Evolutie, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

3	Universiteit Gent, Vakgroep Biologie, Afdeling Mariene Biologie
K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

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Bottom: 2 cm
Left: 3 cm
Right: 2,5 cm

Text: Futura Lt BT, 12pt, single spaced. Do not indent paragraphs.
Put only scientific names in italics (e.g. Sparus aurata)
Do not use tabs in text; do not use footnotes
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Use the superscript and –1 notation, not the slash, e.g. m.s –1 and not m/s
Do not leave a space between numbers and units, e.g. 1kg, 1g, 1ppt, 1%, 1min, exception made for litre, e.g. 1 l
Distinguish numerals from letters, e.g. zero (0) from O; one (1) from l and I
Do not use commas to separate decimal fractions but use a point, e.g. 5.1; use a comma as digit grouping character, e.g. 2,856,653

References

Mees J. and M.B. Jones. 1997. The hyperbenthos. Oc. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 35:221-255.

Sorbe J.C. 1983. Description d'un traîneau destiné à l'échantillonage quantitif étagé de la faune suprabenthique néritique. Ann. Inst. Océanogr. 59:117-126.

Mailing and deadline

Please send your abstract (400-600 words, no tables, no figures), by e-mail to de2005@vliz.be - as an attachment, MS Word format). Filename: FIRSTAUTHOR_COUNTRY (e.g. SMITH_UK) prior to 30 September 2004.

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